Crime Rate in Mile Cross, ward

Mile Cross has the 4th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Norwich district and the 1268th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 102nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Mile Cross in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% lower than the Norwich district average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Mile Cross’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 550 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 69.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -18.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 665 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Mile Cross ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Boot Binders Road, with 55 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Lefroy Road (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.